The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

Not only will literary criticism wither, but we risk losing the campus novel entirely Ah, A-level results week, and how weirdly enjoyable it is when you’re not doing them yourself, have no children of your own in the game, and nieces and nephews who aren’t yet old enough. Out for a walk with my headphones, I listen delightedly as a triumphant candidate appears on the BBC’s World at One : Evie from Southend, who sounds as pleased as punch.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

With A-level entries for the language halving in a decade, a new initiative is hoping to save it from the academic scrapheap When Londoner Amber Tallon started learning German at the age of 12, she “took to it like a duck to water”, she says. An A-level in the language and modules in German at the University of Oxford, where she studied history, have helped her, now 30, to her “dream job”, working as a Blue Badge Guide in London, where some of the large range of tours she offers are in the Germa

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

Researchers have found the competitiveness of men living in mixed flats on UK campuses significantly decreased Living with female flatmates at university makes male students less “macho”, new research from Essex University and Australia’s University of Technology Sydney has found. The study, which followed a cohort of students at a UK university living in campus halls of residence over a one-year period, revealed that men living in mixed flats with female flatmates exhibited a significant decrea

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

Labour peer and former Conservative foreign secretary William Hague battle for role dominated by retired Tory politicians A last-minute campaign to stop William Hague becoming the next Oxford University chancellor is being waged by Labour students as they aim to install the first ever Labour member in the role. The battle to be the figurehead for one of Britain’s most prestigious institutions is shaping up to be a high-profile one following the imminent retirement of Chris Patten, the former Tor

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

Despite the high stakes of these gruelling tests, they are still the best engines of social mobility ‘You may turn over your papers now.” For how many of us, decades after A-levels, does that phrase still cause a ripple of nerves in the stomach? Along with a large portion of the population, I have a recurring A-level anxiety dream: mine involves organic chemistry and a stack of unopened ring-binders.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2024

If you are heading off to university, there are tempting freebies on offer – we examine the best deals In the next few weeks, many young people will embark on a relationship that will last for years or maybe even decades, so it’s vital they pick the one that will make them happy and treat them well. This is nothing to do with romantic liaisons – we’re talking about student bank accounts.

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